Archaeologists from the Museum of London have discovered a well-preserved part of the ancient city of London’s first Roman ...

This medicinal plant was so coveted, it was worth its weight in gold. But this ultimately brought its downfall.

But it was the Romans who developed a working model of checks and balances. The constitution of the Roman republic was ...

How a group of Florentine businessmen became the founders of an order that would span continents and centuries.

Asclepiades of Bithynia, influenced by Epicurean philosophy, pioneered medical innovations and foreshadowed the principles of ...

Digenes Akritas is an epic poem from the Byzantine Empire. It follows the exploits of the titular hero in the Byzantine ...